Netherlands to return ancient Egyptian sculpture
The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old stone head sculpture to Egypt, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof told President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday during his visit to Cairo.
The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old stone head sculpture to Egypt, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof told President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday during his visit to Cairo.
Egypt has inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Great Pyramid of Giza, unveiling the world’s largest archaeological museum and a modern cultural landmark celebrating over 7,000 years of history.
Egypt will open the long-delayed $1 billion (about £820 million) Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday, unveiling the world’s largest archaeological complex dedicated to a single civilisation after more than 20 years of planning and construction.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke to his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty in a telephone conversation over the weekend where issues of mutual interest discussed.
Egypt has agreed with Iran, the United States, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to maintain ongoing consultations aimed at finding a breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear file, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday.
Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt is set to reopen for Palestinian movement, though no date has been announced as tensions flare and both sides accuse each other of breaching the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Israel said on Thursday.
Tehran has declined Egypt’s official invitation to participate in the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit on Gaza ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he cannot sit at the same table with the statemen who attacked his country.
U.S. President Donald Trump will receive a hero's welcome in Israel's parliament on Monday as a fragile Gaza ceasefire he helped to broker enters a fourth day, with the expected release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners marking tentative steps in a conflict long resistant to resolution.
Egypt has announced the list of leaders attending the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit, set to take place tomorrow, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump co-chairing the event.
Ahead of his trip to Israel, President Donald Trump expressed optimism about the Gaza ceasefire and told reporters he might provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles if the conflict with Russia is not resolved.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev arrived in Egypt for a working visit at the invitation of President of the United States Donald Trump and President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to participate in the Middle East Peace Summit on 12 October.
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Three Qatari diplomats have been killed in a car accident in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, two security sources told Reuters on Sunday.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to travel to Egypt to attend the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit, where world leaders are due to sign a U.S.-mediated agreement aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza, his office announced on Saturday.
Israel and Hamas said they had agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal, the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end a war in Gaza that has killed more than 67,000 people and reshaped the Middle East.
Hamas said on Tuesday it was ready to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza based on President Donald Trump's plan but still has demands, as Qatar's prime minister and senior U.S. mediators headed to Egypt to join indirect negotiations between the Palestinian militant group and Israel.
Delegations from Israel and Hamas held their first day of indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday on U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to halt the war in Gaza, wrestling with contentious issues such as demands that Israel withdraw and Hamas disarm.
Delegations from Israel and Hamas launched indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday, in talks the United States hopes will finally bring an end to the Gaza conflict. The discussions centre on highly contentious issues, including calls for Israel to withdraw from the Strip and for Hamas to disarm.
Egypt will host delegations from Israel and Hamas on Monday to discuss “field conditions and details” of a potential exchange involving all Israeli detainees and Palestinian prisoners, as part of the latest U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal for Gaza, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
Egypt has reopened the tomb of New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenhotep III in the Valley of the Kings, marking the end of a 20-year international restoration effort.
Egypt on Friday blamed Ethiopia for “reckless and irresponsible” management of the Nile, saying unilateral operations at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have worsened flooding in Sudan and pose a direct threat to Egyptian lands and lives.
A factory fire and building collapse in Egypt’s Nile Delta has left 11 people dead and 33 injured, local authorities confirmed on Friday.
A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet belonging to Pharaoh Amenemope has been stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and melted down for scrap, according to authorities. The theft has sparked national outrage over lax security and the irreversible loss of a priceless piece of Egypt’s ancient heritage.
Egypt is conducting intensive diplomatic contacts with Arab, Islamic, and regional partners ahead of the emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha on Monday, which will address the recent Israeli attack in the Qatari capital.
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